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September 19, 2015 • Eastern Illinois vs. Illinois State • Page 1 • www.eiupanthers.com • #EIUBleedBlue EASTERN ILLINOIS PANTHER FOOTBALL Contact: Rich Moser • [email protected] • (217) 581-7480 • Fax (217) 581-7001 • www.EIUpanthers.com GAME 3 Rivals Meet In 104th Mid-America Classic Eastern Illinois Hosts Illinois State Saturday Night Eastern Illinois vs. No. 5/6 Illinois State O’Brien Field (10,000) • Charleston, Ill. September 19, 2015 • 7 p.m. • TV: WCIA THE GAME COACHES: Kim Dameron (Arkansas, 1983) Eastern Illinois plays its home opener on Saturday night hosting Illinois State in the EIU Record .......................5-8 (2nd year) 104th playing of the Mid-America Classic. The rivalry is the 14th most played rivalry in OVC Record .....................5-3 (2nd year) the FCS and one of the oldest in the state of the Illinois. vs. Illinois State ................................. 0-1 Illinois State comes into the game ranked No. 5 / No. 6 in the FCS polls. EIU is 4-18 all-time against teams ranked in the top five. The last top five opponent to play at O’Brien Brock Spack (Purdue, 1983) Field was No. 4 Towson during the FCS quarterfinal round in 2013. EIU’s last win over ILST Record ..................47-27 (7th year) a top five team was Nov. 7, 1992, a 21-15 win over No. 1 ranked Northern Iowa. MVFC Record ...............30-18 (7th year) The September 19 home opening date for Eastern Illinois marks the latest calendar Overall Record ...............................Same date for a home opener for the Panthers since the 2002 season. That year EIU opened vs. Eastern Illinois ............................. 3-3 with a pair of road losses at Hawaii and Kansas State. EIU returned home to host Indiana SERIES State on Sept. 21 beating the Sycamores 26-19. 104th meeting... ISU leads 53-41-9 Eastern Illinois will honor former NFL head coach Mike Shanahan on Saturday Last: @ILST 34, EIU 15 on Sept. 13, 2014 between the first and second quarters. Shanahan will have a banner honoring his accomplishments as both a college and NFL coach recognized during the ceremony. RANKINGS Eastern Illinois will honor the members of its 2015 Hall of Fame class at halftime Eastern Illinois .............................. -- / -- Saturday night. Included in that group is former head football coach Bob Spoo. Illinois State .....................................5 / 6 ................................. STATS Media/FCS Coaches THE SERIES This will be 104th meeting between Eastern Illinois and Illinois State with the Redbirds RADIO leading the all-time series 53-41-9. ISU won last year’s meeting in Normal, 34-15. The Panther Radio Network two schools have split the last six meetings with each team winning on its home turf. The Hit Mix 88.9 FM, WSVZ 98.3 FM, WHOW 1520 AM & WMKR 94.3 FM last road win in the series was by EIU in 2008 at Normal. ISU’s last win at O’Brien Field www.network1sports.com/station/wsvz was 2007, a 24-21 win. Since the two school’s began playing for the Mid-America Classic www.weiu.net/hitmix/ traveling trophy at the 100th meeting, each school has won twice on its home field. Play-by-Play ........................ Mike Bradd Analyst ............................. Jack Ashmore Eastern Illinois (0-2, 0-0 OVC) Illinois State (1-1, 0-0 MVFC) TELEVISION Date Opponent Score/Time Date Opponent Score/Time WCIA, WMBD, WTWO Sept. 3 at Western Illinois L 5-33 Sept. 5 at Iowa L 14-31 Play-by-Play ......................... Kurt Pegler Sept. 12 at Northwestern L 0-41 Sept. 12 MORGAN STATE W 67-14 Analyst ..............................Brett Behrens Sept. 19 ILLINOIS STATE 7 pm Sept. 19 at Eastern Illinois 7 pm Sideline ...............................Drew Wilder Oct. 3 • at Austin Peay 4 pm Oct. 3 • NORTHERN IOWA 12 pm Oct. 10 • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1 pm Oct. 10 • at Youngstown State 6 pm FOLLOW-US Oct. 17 • at Tennessee State 6 pm Oct. 17 • at Missouri State 2 pm Live Stats ...................... eiupanthers.com Oct. 24 • TENNESSEE TECH 1 pm Oct. 24 • WESTERN ILLINOIS 2 pm Live Video ..... OVCDigitalNetwork.com Oct. 31 • at Murray State 1 pm Oct. 31 • INDIANA STATE 12 pm Facebook ........................... /EIUPanthers Nov. 7 • JACKSONVILLE STATE 1 pm Nov. 7 • at South Dakota State 2 pm Twitter ...........................@EIU_Panthers Nov. 14 • at UT Martin 2 pm Nov. 14 • at Southern Illinois 2 pm Instagram ......................eiupanthernation Nov. 21 • EASTERN KENTUCKY 1 pm Nov. 21 • SOUTH DAKOTA 12 pm Nov. 28 FCS Playoffs • Missouri Valley Football Conference Game • Ohio Valley Conference Game All Times Central #EIUBleedBlue All Times Central EASTERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL • 15 NCAA FCS Playoff Appearances • OVC Champs 2013, 2012, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 September 19, 2015 • Eastern Illinois vs. Illinois State • Page 2 • www.eiupanthers.com • #EIUBleedBlue FCS TOP 25 • Linebacker Seth McDonald turned in his second straight double figure tackles performance at Northwestern on Saturday. McDonald finished with ten tackles as he leads the Panthers 2015 STATS FCS MEDIA with 27 tackles this season. McDonald leads the OVC and ranks 8th in the NCAA. (WEEK 2) Rk. Team 2015 Record • Senior Dino Fanti added another tackle for loss to his career numbers at Northwestern. 1. Jacksonville State (39) 1-1 Fanti has 3.5 tackles for loss this season and has moved into sixth on the EIU career tackles 2. Coastal Carolina (36) 2-0 for loss list with 36.5. He needs one more TFL to move into fifth with Artavious Dowdell. 3. Sam Houston State (38) 0-1 Pete Catan is the EIU career leader with 45. 4. North Dakota State (23) 1-1 5. Illinois State (6) 1-1 6. Villanova (4) 1-1 • Illinois transfer Devin Church was a bright spot for the Panthers on Saturday at 7. South Dakota State (8) 2-0 Northwestern as he finished with 183 all-purpose yards. Church had 120 yards on kickoff 8. Montana 1-1 returns and 63 yards rushing. On the season Church is averaging 166 all-purpose yards per 9. Northern Iowa 1-1 10. Chattanooga 1-1 game which ranks second in the OVC and 15th in the NCAA. 11. Montana State 1-0 12. James Madison 2-0 • Eastern Illinois continues to look for that go-to wide receiver as the Panthers have 13. New Hampshire 1-1 completed 27 passes to eight different receivers. Isaiah Nelson and Devin Church are tied 14. Eastern Washington 0-2 15. Liberty 1-1 for the team lead with six receptions each. Nelson has a team high 105 yards. Over the 16. Youngstown State 1-1 past three seasons EIU has had one of its wide receivers lead the nation in receiving with 17. Cal Poly 1-1 Erik Lora in 2012, 2013 and Adam Drake in 2014. 18. Fordham 1-1 19. Portland State 2-0 20. Southeastern Louisiana 2-0 • The Panthers defense was able to force one turnover at Northwestern giving Eastern 21. Eastern Kentucky 1-1 Illinois four turnovers gained this season. EIU is currently second in the OVC and 28th in 22. Richmond 1-1 the nation with take aways. Dylan Chatman has the Panthers one interception while Seth 23. Indiana State 1-1 McDonald, Dino Fanti and Thomas Coronado all have fumble recoveries. 24. Northern Arizona 2-0 25. Harvard 0-0 • Former basketball player Dylan Chatman earned his first career start for the football Receiving Votes (OVC & 2015 EIU opponents): team last Saturday at Northwestern. This season Chatman has made six tackles (five solo) Western Illinois, Southeast Missouri, with the team’s lone interception. A two-year starter for the Panthers basketball team after Tennesssee State transferring from Southwestern Illinois College, Chatman averaged 6.2 points per game for the EIU team that advanced to the second round of the CIT. 2015 FCS COACHES • Eastern Illinois will play Illinois State for the Panthers home opener. This will mark the (WEEK 2) seventh time EIU has played its home opener against Illinois State since 1980. EIU is 5-1 Rk. Team 2015 Record in those previous home openers against ISU with the last meeting in 2013, a 57-24 win 1. Coastal Carolina (14) 2-0 by EIU. The Panthers also beat ISU in the 2011 home opener, 33-26. That game was the 2. North Dakota State (4) 1-1 100th playing of the Mid-America Classic in Coach Bob Spoo’s final season. 3. Villanova 1-1 4. Jacksonville State (5) 1-1 5. Sam Houston State 0-1 • Eastern Illinois is 26-8 in home openers as an NCAA Division I school. Since the 2000 6. Illinois State (1) 1-1 season EIU has posted an 11-4 record in home openers. EIU lost its home opener last 7. Montana 1-1 season, 38-21, to Southern Illinois snapping a three game home opener win streak. 8. South Dakota State (2) 2-0 9. Montana State 1-0 10. James Madison 2-0 • Transfer defensive lineman Jarvis Williams has made an impact up front for the Panthers. 11. Northern Iowa 1-1 Williams has 13 tackles this season including a sack at Northwestern on Saturday. EIU 12. Chattanooga 1-1 now has three sacks with one each by Dino Fanti, Fedney Delphonse and Williams. As a 13. New Hampshire 1-1 14. Liberty 1-1 team EIU had only 11 sacks all of last season. 15. Eastern Washington 0-2 16. Youngstown State 1-1 • EIU’s front defensive unit continues to make plays near and behind the line of scrimmage. 17. Southeastern Louisiana 2-0 EIU was credited for seven tackles for loss at Northwestern as the Panthers have 20 tackles 18. Cal Poly 1-1 19.